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Grant, K. M.
6 Reviews
(3)
YA
Determined to pray for her invalid father, Belle sets out on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, England, with Geoffrey Chaucer. The story draws from historical information about Chaucer's life; some Canterbury Tales characters also wander in and out. Still, the strongest narrative thread is a romantic one, as Belle is caught in an intriguing (if contemporary-seeming) love triangle. Timeline.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
(2)
YA
Perfect Fire Trilogy series.
This sequel to Blue Flame finds Raimon under siege with Occitanian loyalists while Yolanda grieves in Paris. The relationship between the lovers creates a strong narrative thrust, and the dangers they encounter generate more than enough excitement to bear readers along through the complex plot permutations. Thorough scholarship and an immersion into medieval sights, sounds, and points of view characterize the story.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2009
(2)
YA
Perfect Fire Trilogy series.
In this medieval tale, weaver's son Raimon loves noble Yolanda. When the mysterious Blue Flame of the Occitan, kindled at the moment of Christ's death, chooses Raimon as its champion, his struggles take on a larger significance. Grant, who knows how to write a love story with subtlety and naturalness, also handles political calculations and spiritual ones with aplomb.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2008
(1)
YA
In 1746, Alice's uncle, a Stuart sympathizer, is executed, his head displayed as a warning to traitors. Alice effects a rescue of the head and becomes a fugitive, accompanied by sympathetic hangman Dan Skinslicer. Their madcap escapades (disembodied head in tow) boast nary a pause. A smart, breezy caper, liberally flavored with gallows humor, grandly theatrical in gesture and tone.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2008
(4)
4-6
De Granville Trilogy series.
Wrapping up the epic de Granville trilogy, this third installment maintains the action-packed tension of its predecessors. As he faces the betrayal of his Saracen friend Kamil, Will carries out his tumultuous mission to ransom King Richard. Historical facts about medieval Europe are woven into the narrative, though the female roles, which seem too modern, are distracting.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
(4)
4-6
King Richard's twelfth-century holy crusade draws young de Granville brothers Will and Gavin and their cousin Ellie into the horrors of battle and exposes them to its repercussions, which, with the help of Will's blood-red stallion, they are able to overcome. This fast-paced story rides smoothly, except when twenty-first century ideas sneak into dialogue and motivations.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
6 reviews
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